Loosid Sober Tip of the Day September 26

Sober Tips
#1

Finding the good in YOU.

Yesterday, we looked at finding the good in others. Hopefully, that has given you some very strong relief and freed up quite a bit of wasted energy on anger and resentment.

As we have heard countless times, resentment is the #1 offender.

Quite often, the person we most resent most in life is ourselves.

Just for today, focus on the good in you.

Most of us have harmed many people in our active addiction and have a hard time forgiving ourselves for what we have done.

Just for today, focus on the actions you have taken now that you have entered a new journey.

What have you done to be of service to others? What have you done that started you on this spiritual path?

If you are still new or are in active addiction, just by reading this daily tip shows great willingness to change. That is GOOD. Very GOOD.

If nothing comes to mind, think of what good you can do today to help others. Think of what good you can do to learn more about the path to recovery.

If you are confused or don’t know where to start, post below any questions you may have.

If you have been around a bit, please share with the community the GOOD about you and what you have been able to do since entering recovery.

There are many people in the Loosid community who need to hear what you have to say.

With Love, Loosid :pray::heart:

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#2
#3

I always find tasks like this hard. So many years of being told I don’t measure up by parents and grandparents definitely lands deeply.

Especially when you’re a kid.

What I’m working on personally is 1) unlearning those messages, 2) understand that these messages came from their own abuse by their parents.

Eventually, I hope to get to the point where I can actually appreciate my own positive qualities.

I guess it’s baby steps.

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#4

I'm determined. I find this to be my best quality, because without it I would have never gotten sober. For so long I couldn't get through an hour without getting high after I said I was going to quit. And the people around me thought I was lying or joking or just saying words when I said that I wanted to quit because I'd talk about it while I was getting high- so no one had faith in me. I was beginning to question if I could ever get sober. And for awhile I thought I never would, but even then I never gave up trying. I figured that trying to get sober every day and failing every day was better than nothing. I mean the only thing I was doing was getting high anyway so I may as well keep trying. And you know what? During my 15 years of getting high, the longest I made it sober was 3 months one time---then 3 days a few dozen times and one or two days at least 200 times. But I never gave up, and finally I made it 5 days short of a year, had a two day relapse, and am now 2 1/2 months. I can't claim a one year chip yet but I do consider myself a year clean with just a slight deviation. So what is GOOD about me? My strength, determination, drive, my tenacity, and my courage, amongst many other things I wasn't able to believe or see until I got into recovery.
Moral of my story---Never give up. It might not be your time right now but as long as you keep going you will have your time. :no_entry_sign::stop_sign::bangbang::soon::yin_yang::heart_decoration::om:

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#5

We all have good strengths and they can be different from who raised you . They may be different strengths

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